CROWN PROCEEDINGS ACT 1992 - SECT 9
CROWN PROCEEDINGS ACT 1992 - SECT 9
9—Right of Attorney-General to appear in proceedings
(1) The
Attorney-General may represent the Crown in any action, proceeding or matter
(whether civil or criminal) in which the Crown is a party.
(2) The
Attorney-General may intervene, on behalf of the Crown, in any
proceedings—
(a) in
which the interpretation or validity of a law of the State or Commonwealth is
in question; or
(b) in
which—
(i)
legislative or executive powers of the State or
Commonwealth, or of an instrumentality or agency of the State or Commonwealth
are in question; or
(ii)
judicial powers of a court or tribunal established under
the law of the State or Commonwealth are in question; or
(c) in
which the Court grants permission to intervene on the ground that the
proceedings raise issues of public importance,
for the purpose of submitting argument on issues of public importance.
(3) The
Attorney-General has the same right of appeal in proceedings in which he or
she intervenes under subsection (2) as a party to those proceedings.
(4) Where the
Attorney-General intervenes in proceedings under this section, and there are
in the opinion of the court special reasons for making an order under this
subsection, the court may make an order for costs against the Crown to
reimburse the parties to the proceedings for costs occasioned by the
intervention.
(5) In this section
references to the Attorney-General extend not only to the Attorney-General for
this State but also to the Attorney-General for any other State or the
Commonwealth and references to the Crown have a correspondingly extended
meaning.